Free Event – Brooklyn Book Festival
SECOND ANNUAL BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL
Date: Sunday, September 16, 2007, 10am-6pm
Location: Downtown Brooklyn (Borough Hall)
On Sunday, September 16, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, the Borough President’s Literary Council and Brooklyn Tourism host the 2007 Brooklyn Book Festival. The 2007 festival will be a day-long, free event at Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn, from 10am to 6pm, featuring readings and panels on multiple indoor and outdoor stages, a Target Children’s Area, an Independence Community Foundation Young Writers Pavilion, and more than 100 exhibitors, including bookstores, publishers, and literary organizations.
Featured authors include: A.M. Homes, George Packer, Edwidge Danticat, David Bouley, Pete Hamill, Chuck Klosterman, Gloria Naylor, Jonathan Lethem, Jon Scieszka, Gail Carson Levine, Francine Prose, Mo Willems, Reverend Run, Melissa Marr, Uzodinma Iweala, Colson Whitehead, Mary Gaitskill, Kimiko Hahn, Charles Hynes, and more.
For more info see www.brooklynbookfestival.org